ArtOfCode‭

What about simply reversing the name? Instead of "Speculative Science", potentially implying speculating about science (with all the implications of that), we could have "Scientific Speculation", i...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I've fixed the most obvious failures in SQL. Beyond that... the posts are now UTF8, so fixing the encoding retroactively is difficult if not impossible - if there are other common bugs please let m...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

It is possible but impractical. Double-helix DNA's structure is something like this: $$ \text{B "” (A/C/T/G) : (T/G/A/C) "” B} $$ where B is a backbone molecule, A/C/T/G is adenine/cytosine/thym...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Your biggest problem by far here is going to be getting other people to believe you. I'm assuming this mystical tutor is from the future? Given that, surely he must know that there will be problem...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I'll do a quick explanation of the impacts of Earth's axial tilt to start off: As Earth orbits the sun, it's tilted at 23.5 degrees. This varies between 21 and 25 degrees, but I'll ignore that bec...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

You can do it most effectively by looking before you get there. Point your big telescope at the sky in the direction of your destination star. Record the image it captures. Repeat step 1 every mo...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Do it over time. On each rocket launch, you can attach a bit of the required resources. Give it some small booster rockets to direct it the right way. When the rocket is at the peak of its parabol...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Communication Seawater is highly resistive to radio waves at the frequencies we usually use them. (see page 7, section Sea Water.) However, at lower frequencies, 10-30 kHz, it is entirely possible...

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I think your concerns may be well founded. This city will be fairly similar to most other cities and I don't think there's a whole lot you can do about it. However, it will have a couple of good at...

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It would not discourage oceanic shipping, but it would make the times it can be done more selective. If you have a port that is 20m deep and full at high tide, with our Moon you should still have ...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Habitability For a cosmic body to be habitable by humans, it needs to have a few things (or substitutes for those things): Oxygen Water Correct temperature Food source Some of those we can bri...

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This situation is quite similar to the current Earth-Moon system. As another answer here says, the two bodies do orbit each other, around a central point called the barycentre. The barycentre of th...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

I think the most scientifically plausible method available to us with what we know is one that has been mentioned: use computers. However, the tech required is still out of our current range, so if...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Sky Colour The sky looks blue to us because of two major factors: Atmospheric composition Light hue and intensity There are also a number of other factors including atmospheric temperature and...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭

TL;DR: No. Programming languages are too diverse. Reason 1: Purpose There are, according to Wikipedia's list of programming languages, 806 distinct programming languages, excluding BASIC dialects...

posted 9y ago by ArtOfCode‭